Former Dartmouth Lacrosse Player Steinberg Passes Away

The Dartmouth College and Penn Charter (Pa.) lacrosse
communities are mourning the passing of Dartmouth junior Blaine
Steinberg, who was a member of the Big Green lacrosse team for one
season and was two-sport captain in lacrosse and soccer at Penn
Charter.

She fell ill and passed away suddenly on Friday evening at
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center, Dartmouth officials said. She
was 20.

The cause of death was not known, Dartmouth said, but there was
no apparent evidence of an infectious illness. The Dartmouth, the school's student newspaper,
reported that Steinberg died of a heart attack and that though
Steinberg had been exercising shortly before her death, doctors
said the activity did not cause the attack, according to her
father, Sid Steinberg.

Steinberg was a member of the women's lacrosse team at Dartmouth
during her freshman year but did not play due to injury. She told The Dartmouth last spring that she
suffered two concussions while at Dartmouth and decided to leave
the team to avoid more injury.

Steinberg had torn her ACL in high school, forcing her to quit
the soccer team heading into her senior year at Penn Charter, and
she had said that experience made leaving lacrosse easier.

"I was training to get back and I decided that it wasn't worth
the risk. I just wasn't myself with the concussion." she was quoted
as saying. "I knew I could be happy without playing."

Steinberg said she wanted to be a sports reporter, and was the
sports director for the college's radio station. She broadcasted
soccer and baseball games, and was set to work baseball again this
spring.

"During her time with the women's lacrosse team, as an athletic
fundraising intern and talking Dartmouth athletics as part of the
Big Green Scene, Blaine always displayed an engaging personality
and a wonderful passion for sports. We extend our deepest
condolences to her family and friends in this tragic hour,"
Dartmouth athletics director Harry Sheehy said.

In high school at Penn Charter in Philadelphia, Steinberg, from
Wynnewood, Penn., was a two-time team captain in lacrosse and for
one year in soccer. She also earned several other awards, including
US Lacrosse Academic All-American honors in 2010 and 2011.

A funeral was held Monday. In lieu of flowers, the family has
asked that contributions in Steinberg's memory may be made to The
Main Idea at Camp Walden, 180 E. Prospect Ave., #178, Mamaroneck,
NY 10543 or the Women's Legacy Fund at the William Penn Charter
School, 3000 W. Schoolhouse Lane, Philadelphia, 19144.